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DEFINITION: n. A type of frustration created by a manager who never notices when you work late, but always nags you for leaving early whenever you leave on time. v. To carefully monitor your subordinates to ensure that they never leave work a minute early.
Verboticisms
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Bostard
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: bos tard
Sentence: He was a real bostard and would sit by the door watching the clock just in case some one tried to sneak out before 5:00pm
Etymology: boss + tard
Nitticker
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtˌtɪkɚ/
Sentence: I don't mean to be a nitticker, but when you say that my pizza will be here in 30 minutes or less, do you mean from now, or from the time I called?
Etymology: from nitpicker + tick (as in a clock)
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COMMENTS:
great word ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 14:46:00
Very good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:48:00
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Timebeing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: tīmbēing
Sentence: Tom works for the timebeing. That timebeing is his boss. It doesn't seem to matter how much he gets done or that he arrives early and skips lunch, closing time is closing time. Tom and his boss do a mental minute waltz as 5 o'clock approaches. The fact that the boss's office is aligned with the hallway Tom uses for his escape makes him seem something like a troll guarding a bridge.
Etymology: time (the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future) + being (a real or imaginary living creature)
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COMMENTS:
very cerebral - bookowl, 2009-06-16: 16:46:00
creepy - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:55:00
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Micromangerment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: micro/man/ger/ment
Sentence: Sue felt overwhelming micromangerment when her boss never saw the big picture but always obsessed about ridiculous aspects of the job like clock watching.
Etymology: micromanagement + anger
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COMMENTS:
Nice word: sorta has a "dog in the manger" feel about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:42:00
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Bossitch
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bos-itch
Sentence: Mr. Needler Nosey was such a bositch to his employees and only noticed what he presumed was bad behavior.
Etymology: Boss- A person in charge of the company employees. *itch- Slang for a person who complains about everything.
Hourgrass
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: our/grass
Sentence: Stan was the company hourgrass and would tattle on anyone who took a minute longer for coffee breaks or lunch. He had a special alarm that would sound if the door was opened before 5:00 p.m.
Etymology: hour glass + grass (as in tattle)
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COMMENTS:
Stan sounds like a grasshole! - Nosila, 2009-06-16: 10:48:00
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Timepeeper
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: time-peep-er
Sentence: Helen suspected that Tom, the manager, was a timpeeper when she saw him standing by the coffee machine watching every move she made and checking his watch to make sure her break wasn't too long. He was always at the door in the morning with a creepy look on his face watching her take off her coat and he was there in the evening when she put her coat back on to go home. He was seen peeping over the top of her cubicle to make sure she wasn't on Ebay instead of working and wasting company time. One day, however, he went too far and followed her to the ladies room to see that she didn't take too long. He was caught on a surveilance video and her attorney had no problem filing a harassment suit.
Etymology: play on timekeeper -- peeper: voyeur (Peeping Tom)
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COMMENTS:
The peep became a purp! Good word. - Nosila, 2009-06-16: 10:45:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2009-06-17: 00:45:00
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Timestapo
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: time-stop-po
Sentence: Michael, the manager, immediately asked why I was walking out the door at 4:58. Of course, the TIMESTAPO don't understand that when your work is complete and your computer is shut down that its pointless to sit around twittling thumbs.
Etymology: time stamp + gestapo
Minutger
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: min - ut - jer
Sentence: Clyde was a brutal minutger. No matter how many hours his employees worked, he monitored every minute that they spent going to the bathroom, eating lunch, or talking to customers. He wanted to make sure that not a minute was ever wasted
Etymology: minute, manager
Metermaidservant
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Rita is a lovely metermaidservant who worships the clock.
Etymology: meter maid + maid servant
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-23: 22:10:00
slackervisor looks a little like hank hill.
daniellegeorge - 2008-04-24: 13:17:00
clockblock is genius
- 2008-07-27: 19:30:00
nice words
bob - 2008-07-27: 22:57:00
nice stuff!
wordmeister - 2008-07-27: 23:43:00
Timely words today
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Where is everybody today? Vacations galore?
monkey88 - 2011-11-18: 01:36:00